Overcoming a bad GPA

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This is good to know. If I test out of TESC nearly 100% (except the capstone), wouldn't the F's drastically affect my GPA? The F's aren't in any required subjects, so I have no need to retake them. The only class I was going to take with a grade was my capstone, so I'm not sure how else I can level out the GPA unless I retake the failed classes.

Do you have a good reason for failing those classes...like did you forget to withdraw? A long time ago when I was in the military I was enrolled simultaneously at a community college. During that time my father had cancer and the red cross contacted my chain of command to let them know I needed to go home before he passed away. I withdrew from all of my classes but in the chaos that ensued there was one class from which I forgot to withdraw. I didn't discover this F until I enrolled in the community college last year where I live. When I looked at the previous college's transcript online there was a big fat F and a W for everything else. I petitioned the college to change my F to a W and they granted it and changed it on my transcript before submitting it to my new college. It was a process but it was important to me to rectify it. If you have a good reason you may be able to do the same.